Aurora Borealis
I’m just getting so lucky with weather phenomena lately. First, the most spectacular electrical storm I’ve ever seen (which I managed to get some great photos of) and now the Aurora freaking Borealis in my back garden. Unbelievable.
The photos don’t really do it justice.. It sort of ripples through the sky at astounding speed.. I’ve always wanted to see it, and even though this was very faint, it was still very cool. I’d like to go up to Alaska (or Norway) one day to get a better look..
Anyway, here’s a shot:
A bunch more can be found in my gallery.
ciannait said:
Nov 07, 04 at 5:59 pmDoesn’t look faint from the pictures… Wow.
miss_twilight said:
Nov 07, 04 at 6:03 pmdude, is that happening NOW?
I saw it once in Spokane but it was colorless.
jgurney said:
Nov 07, 04 at 6:07 pmThat’s the 8 second exposure for you :)
jgurney said:
Nov 07, 04 at 6:08 pmWell, it had pretty much stopped when I last looked. I went out and saw it after someone posted on the Seattle community about it. This looked colourless as well, to the naked eye, apart from one time when it got really bright. In the photos, the green comes out much more clearly..
miss_twilight said:
Nov 07, 04 at 6:10 pmobviously I need to start paying attention to the Seattle community!
(UO has sucked my brain in!)
corto said:
Nov 07, 04 at 11:01 pmtres cool eh…
I’ve seen enormous swaths of colour dancing around the sky before and it always boggles my mind…
gerimaple said:
Nov 08, 04 at 2:24 ambtw, a commenter on the LJ of a friend in Kenmore was asking for photos. i linked to you. Hope that’s OK.
jgurney said:
Nov 08, 04 at 5:44 amSure thing.. Also, more photos can be seen here: http://www.komotv.com/stories/33856.htm
llarian said:
Nov 08, 04 at 3:38 pmNice shot. For a change, I’m jealous of where you live. I couldn’t see it or the Leonid shower from anywhere in Seattle. Damn not having a car or I’d have headed up north.
llarian said:
Nov 08, 04 at 3:53 pmOh, speaking of photo stuff, do you have the MCON converter? I couldn’t remember if you bought it. I haven’t had a chance to get some good before and after samples with it since I don’t have a table-top tripod that’ll be level with my reef at the height required, but the difference throught the viewfinder is amazing. Focus is down to about 3-4″, and the depth of field is just paper thin with an incredibly sharp image. I’m guess the magnification is somewhere between 1.75-2x the unassissted lens. I might try stacking up a bunch of books and trying it again just to get a feel for it, but for $65 or so, its a nice buy if you like macros.
jgurney said:
Nov 08, 04 at 3:56 pmOh I’m a total sucker for macro/shallow depth of field shots. In fact, I picked up the MCON on ebay recently. What with moving I really haven’t had a chance to play with it yet. Do you have any examples up anywhere?
llarian said:
Nov 08, 04 at 4:02 pmNot yet. I haven’t been shooting outside lately, and I mainly bought it because the real beauty of the reef corals I’m keeping can only been seen with macros.
I’ll try to get one or two of the zooanthid colonies and the sexy shrimp (If it’ll cooperate and get close enough) without a tripod in the next day or so. I keep meaning to anyways.
sillie_monkey08 said:
Dec 20, 04 at 12:57 pmif it’s in Washington, dayem just when I left too… :( pretty bummin
jgurney said:
Dec 20, 04 at 5:24 pmYeah this was Seattle.. but that evening it was visible all across the country from what I heard. People were posting photos coast to coast.